Motorcycles in 20 years?

[awa355]

Fuck that, It is illegal for me to ride now, but I do. I will still be riding in 20 yrs, ALLAH willing.

ALLAH allows motorcycles. Look at any poxy village scene after the daily car bombing, Always 2 guys wearing white nighties and jandals, riding past the crater on a 125 bike.
Also, bikes allow the 'suicide' loonies to deliver ALLAH's message to the infidels. Actually, Islam would be good for motorcycling, Definitly no ATGATT, not a Hi Viz in sight.

If by chance our western culture is still around in 30 - 40 years, I have a feeliing that 200hp bikes will not be avalible. They will all be electric or 'sensible green' inclined bikes. Auto senseing technology for speed, angles, breath analysis,

NO KB forums only constructive sensible debate allowed, within approved censored guidelines.

[willytheekid]

...Individual personal transportation is a logical solution to many big city problems.

And there is the problem!..."logical solutions" from our Government! (Dosn't happen much over here!)

But I certainly hope your right BD...Im look forward to, at the very least!, another 30yrs riding...electric or not.



...But im secretly wishing for a flying bike!





or at the very least, a solar charging electric bike with a decent range...and top end!



ps: Love your photo's and write ups!...keep up the great work

[Big Dave]

Harley Davidsons will still be fucked useless shit,

You are smarter than this lame internet trawl act. You need new material.

[Tigadee]

I see... I see...
Nano tech - Bikes that can change configuration a la Transformers, according to aerodynamic requirements/speed or road conditions (road to off-road).

V4s replace V-twins...

Modular engines which you can unplug and plug into another frame, from a sports bike to a cruiser to a dirt bike. Buy one engine and many frames...

Carbon fibre impregnated ceramic parts instead of metal for weight savings and perhaps radical new looks.

Hydrogen fusion engines? Turbines? Hyrbid motorbikes?

...But im secretly wishing for a flying bike!

Don't people already have them? I know some riders get speeding tickets for "Flying too low"...

[Banditbandit]

...But im secretly wishing for a flying bike!

Fuck me .. NO WAY ... many people here can't stay on them when they are on the ground .. just imagine the chaos if they can fly them ...

They will all be electric or 'sensible green' inclined bikes.

Green like Kwaka green ...

[ducatilover]

You are smarter than this lame internet trawl act. You need new material.

It was an attempt to appeal to the wider audiance
(Harley riders are wide)



Might give up on that now?

[James Deuce]

Depends on a bunch of factors.

Solar panels are currently 20x more land efficient than bio-fuels, including mining the material to make the panels, so I don't see the IC as a primary motive power source for vehicles. This will probably have the effect of reducing the effective range of vehicles and people as despite some impressive improvements in battery technology, I don't see the reliance on rare earth metals and the practice of working 6 year old children to death in filthy, unsafe mines continuing forever, so battery technology may have to undergo some technological changes before it becomes palatable. Having said that, no one thinks about the human cost of an iPhone battery, so maybe we will have batteries with a 700km range at max speed with a 2 minute recharge time.

Are we serious about improving the lifestyle of more than 50% of the world's population? If not, we'll still have personal vehicles. If so, then our highly mobile society will become hugely less mobile. The capacity to change our lifestyle to a "villages within cities" model is already here. If we retain a hydrocarbon based society then bikes will look and behave more like the NC700 (only with better mileage) series than CBR1000RRs, but the people who became addicted to 180hp sportsbikes will be old men chewing their gums outside the pub, while kids on NC500RRs corner at speeds far in excess of any current 1000cc sportsbike thanks to tyre and suspension advancements. Suspension components will be constantly and infinitely self-adjustable and have their own ECU, and performance enhancements will focus on chassis and tyres rather than engine performance. If bikes do sport IC engines, they won't have clutches. Ride by wire brakes and throttle will be the norm, even for "cheap" commuters, allowing for very sophisticated Traction Control, Yaw control, attitude control and allowing the maximum potential braking force at any attitude, from full lean to utterly upright. This will be thanks to bikes like the current BMW HP4 and is a logical extension of any technology acceptance cycle. Very expensive and rarely applied to commonplace and barely thought about.

There is potential for speed limiting, curfews, maximum distance restrictions, along with requiring a reason to use your vehicle, all of which can be controlled and applied remotely. However, given the propensity for tomorrow to be much the same as today, and for even Kiwis to have a threshold for Government interference - nah - the days of weekend rides will be long gone.

[MisterD]

Hydrogen fusion engines?

Fuel cells you mean? If so, I concur. What else can you do with two bits of rubber and human ergonomics, the significant area of development has to be power plants.

V-twin biodiesel crusiers?

[Big Dave]

It was an attempt to appeal to the wider audiance
(Harley riders are wide)

Might give up on that now?

Thank you. The 'genuinely misguided internet snark' is the working title for the 2013 Night Rod under review currently.

Beautiful, modern, performance cruiser - performance that I would actually rate as best in class - including the metrics I've tested.
It comes at a premium price true - and I haven't ridden the Diavel.

[Big Dave]

I see... I see...
Nano tech - Bikes that can change configuration a la Transformers, according to aerodynamic requirements/speed or road conditions (road to off-road).

In 1980 I had an XS1100 with adjustable handlebars - in two directions. Haven't seen it since. That would do me for a good start again!

[Banditbandit]

In 1980 I had an XS1100 with adjustable handlebars - in two directions. Haven't seen it since. That would do me for a good start again!

Bwhahaha ... I once had a Triumph that did that (rubber mounted bars) ...

[Big Dave]

nah - the days of weekend rides will be long gone.

I think you under-estimate the depth of the Britten and the Burt Munro in the NZ psyche.

[BuzzardNZ]

2 strokes will be back in fashion.

[Big Dave]

2 strokes will be back in fashion.

Sex sex sex it's all e ever thinks about.

[James Deuce]

I think you under-estimate the depth of the Britten and the Burt Munro in the NZ psyche.

Not at all. The problem as I see it is that plenty of people have absorbed those peculiarly Kiwi achievements into their psyche, but they wouldn't want to be seen dead (literally) on one of those death machines, as some are wont to call motorcycles.

The bit I struggle with is how high the entry bar is slowly but surely being raised to make motorcycles as transport unattractive to lads. If the fuel efficiency of bikes increases massively, this could be balanced against the cost of getting a license. 25 years ago we still had a graduated license but you could speed the process up if you had that type of attitude. Buying a cheap bike to learn how to ride looks like a couple of grand but becomes five grand once you factor in gear, BHS, and licensing.